In August 2018, DA leadership found itself in a public spat after Ngwenya said that Broad-based BEE had failed to empower the poor and to tackle unemployment, serving to only benefit politically connected elites.

Ngwenya’s statement sparked controversy, with DA leaders contradicting each other on what the party had agreed in terms of BB-BEE

Gwen Ngwenya must resign from the DA if she is principled. You cannot represent a party you do not believe in . If you do not agree with their policies, go to the corrupt ANC. Stop being holier than thou and arrogant .

In the resignation letter as Head of no-Policy, the DA’s Gwen Ngwenya says, “The bottom line is that I do not believe the DA takes policy seriously”. It’s quite obvious because the DA’s obsession is protect white privilege and white supremacy. Voters will reject them!

Some people are reading this Gwen Ngwenya resignation as a token black girl who has just been shown her place. For me it’s confirmation that her faction has lost the ‘ideological’ battle within the DA.

I personally sympathize with @GwenNgwenya. I’ve been there and I know how painful it is to discover that you were a token, never expected to think or “be in the know”; just to do what you are told and then to be treated like a “tall poppy” for any dissent.

#GwenNgwenya If anything, Gwen Ngwenya's resignation affirms what many of us have always said about the blue party not having any substance behind its sound bites, save for its racial antagonism of the ruling party.